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Guernica Editions cordially invites you to check out our latest 2004 Publications

AZURE
Poetry by Brian Day

THE PAST AT OUR FEET
by Lynn Diamond
A Novel translated by Jo-Anne Elder

KRISTJANA GUNNARS: ESSAYS ON HER WORKS
Essays Edited by Monique Tschofen

THE MOON KNOWS NO BOUNDARY
Poetry by Mary Tilberg

A NEW GEOGRAPHY OF TIME
Poetry by Robert Viscusi

GUERNICA AND OTHER POEMS
Poetry by Carlos de Oliveira
Translated by Alexis Levitin

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Guernica Editions is pleased to present some special pages on its web site in celebration of its Writers Series.

Guernica Editions is pleased to present some special pages on its web site in celebration of three of its recently published poetry collections: Malca Litovitz's At the Moonbean Café, Merle Nudelman's Borrowed Light, and Elana Wolff's Mask. Click here to get started.

Fall/Winter 2004

Guernica was at Word on the Street 2004 on September 26 in Queen's Park in Toronto.

Guernica Editions held a launching-reading celebrating our latest 2004 Publications on Tuesday, 12 October 2004, at Bar Italia, 582 College Street, Toronto

Guernica Editions held a launching/reading celebrating our latest 2004 Publications on Wednesday, 15 December 2004, between 7 pm to 9:30 pm at the Victory Café 581 Markham (Bloor and Bathurst)

Summer 2004

Guernica author Halli Villegas read at the Stephen Leacock Festival in Orillia, Ontario on July 22 as well as at the Oakville"Voices against violence" event at Paradiso Restaurant on July 26. Publisher Antonio D'Alfonso read on August 5th at the Victory Cafe

Congratulations to Guernica author Merle Nudelman on winning the Jewish book award

May 2004

Guernica Poet and Editor Halli Villegas' essay "Bond, Jane Bond" is forthcoming in an an anthology called Girls Who Bite Back: Witches, Mutants, Slayers and Freaks. For more information visit www.girlswhobiteback.com

April 2004

Guernica Editions participated in the Great Ontario Book Break. The OBPO, in conjunction with an advisory group of publishers and the OMDC, organized an exciting weekend event to celebrate Ontario books. The Great Ontario Book Break (think of an English Salon de Livre) was held at the York Quay Building at Harbourfront in Toronto from Friday, April 2nd to Sunday, April 4th.

Friday April 30th Halli Villegas will again be touring the high schools in Orillia to talk about her work and poetry. There will be an evening reading at the Leacock House, starting at six o clock.

March 2004

Merle Nudleman was on CIUT/Howl March 21, 2004 from 2-3

A new trialogue with Guernica poets is now on the Danforth Review at www.danforthreview.com.

Forthcoming Article: Antonio D'Alfonso. By Vetora. In Liaison. Winter 2003-2004.

February 2004

Malca Litovitz was on CIUT/Howl Thursday Feb, 19 2004 from 2-3

December 2003

On Sunday, December 14, 2003,Guernica Editions held a launch/reading for At the Moonbean Cafe by Malca Litovitz, Borrowed Light by Merle Nudelman, Mask by Elana Wolff and Song for My Father by Miriam Packer

November 2003

Guernica authors Malca Litovitz (At the Moonbean Cafe), Karen Shenfield (The Law of Return) and Merle Nudleman (Borrowed Light) read at the Jewish Book Fair on Sunday, November 9th at 11:00 a.m. in the Leah Posluns Theatre at the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre, 4588 Bathurst St., Toronto.

June 2003

On June 26, Guernica held a launch of new Spring/Summer titles at Bar Italia. The event featured readings by the authors and also actress Jennifer Dale. The following titles were launched:
In Green by Robin Blackburn, Italian Women Poets by Biancamaria Frabotta, Editor (Translated by Corrado Federici), Blessed Harbours: An Anthology of Hungarian-Canadian Authors by John Miska, Editor, Italian Shoes by F. G. Paci, Selected Poems by Albino Pierro (Translated by Luigi Bonaffini), The Bob Dylan Albums by Anthony Varesi

On June 8, Guernica Editions celebrated its 25th Anniversary of publishing success - Antonio D'Alfonso founder, editor and, author has published over three hundred titles and five hundred authors from around the world. Guernica Editions, founded in l978, is a unique experience in world literature publishing new and established literary voices from Canada, the United States, and Europe. Many Guernica authors have won critical praise and literary awards including the Governor General's Award, the Atlantic Poetry Prize, the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award and the Bressani Award. Guernica is supported in its work of broadcasting the messages of Canada's many cultural voices, by the Canada Council of the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Book Publishing Industry Development Programme. The official celebration took place on Sunday June 8th, 2003 at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Toronto.

April 2003

Julie Roorda (Eleventh Toe) and Gianna Patriarca (Ciao Baby) were invited to participate in Poetry College. They both gave readings to an appreciative audience.

Halli Villegas (Red Promises) was invited to discuss poetry and read her own work to high school students in Orillia by Fred Addis of the Stephen Leacock museum. She also did a public reading that evening at the museum that was attended by the Orillia literary community.

Guernica author Daniel Sloate (Of Dissonance and Shadows, Lydia Thrippe, The Countess Plays) was invited to read at the Toronto Public Library Reading Series along with George Elliott Clarke, Billie Livingstone, and Kimmy Beach. He read from his collected works, Of Dissonance and Shadows and was well-received by an attentive audience.

March 2003

Fulvio Caccia, another Guernica author (Republic Denied, Aknos and Other Poems) read from his collected works at the Italian Cultural Institute on March 20. Julie Roorda and Halli Villegas, both Guernica poets, also read from Caccia’s work as part of a conference on Writing Italy Outside of Italy. Caccia’s works sparked lively discussion throughout the conference.

On March 17, Guernica Editions launched Republic Denied, Isabelle’s Notebooks, The Holy Land, at Bar Italia. The afternoon included a reading by actor Jennifer Dale and live music by Jenny Robinson.

January 2003

Writers from Guernica Editions were hosted by the Hart House Literary and Library Committee on Monday, January 20. The following authors read from their work:

Robin Blackburn, In Green
Julie Roorda, Eleventh Toe
Halli Villegas, Red Promises
Elana Wolff, Birdheart

December 2002

Titles launched at Bar Italia included:
Voices in the Desert: The Anthology of Arabic-Canadian Women Writers Edited by Elizabeth Dahab
bill bissett: Essays on His Works Edited by Linda Rogers
Al Purdy: Essays on His Works Edited by Linda Rogers
The Bursting Test Linda Rogers
A Woman of Lemnos Maria Lampadaridou Pothou (Greece)
Gail Scott: Essays on Her Works Edited by Lianne Moyes
Silt Christl Verduyn
Reel Canadians: Interviews from the Canadian Film World
Angela Baldassarre
Italian Women in Black Dresses Maria Mazziotti Gillan

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